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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Zuma Douglas" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zumdglas@gawab.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 04:41:47 +0500
Subject: Compliments of the day Sir.

Compliments of the day Sir,

How are you doing? Please this email is in regards to a consignment abandon which has been confiscated in your likely details etc, as the real approved receiving beneficiary from African delivering Company. we are running a scan text on this item to know why dropped before we discovered that it is a high valued and personal allocation, cash money is the content for delivering in your personal and company's favour hence this email. I have a scan copy result of Dubai airport detecting machine and can prove it.

My company is a security vault with the Dubai airport authority in-charge of unclaimed goods, and as the store manager, I have not disclosed the content of this consignment to any person in my office before sending you this email. Be assured that I can maintain the absolute confidentiality and secrecy required in this delivery and on our mutual confidential team work and a good agreement, I must and on how to release same to you quickly now, but it has to depend on your readiness to arrive in Dubai United Arab Emirates soonest in days to complete formalities required in taking delivering, otherwise we further negotiate on how to further evacuate same out from here with your opinion.

Be assured that there is no clearing cost for now on this deposit in our vault so far you will come here, but you must agree to settle us with at least 20% of the total proceed after releasing to you. I am now in charge and can work and release the item to you in pretense, but your physical present is needed here to sign the payment voucher and release bond, if not you can appoint a representative delegate quickly. Also, you must assure us that all the previous people involved in this consignment delivering to you that abandoned same here must not know about this development, consequent upon you taking custody already of the item.

Having briefed you as above, please contact me back as soon as possible with your flight arrival itinerary or your appointed agent coming to complete formalities as required and this consignment release immediately for disbursement. I am willing to send you a copy of the scan report by the Dubai airport high technology detecting machine if we have understanding, but such must been trust and highly confidential.

Regards.

Mr.. Zuma Douglas



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